Aldwyn is an
Anglo-Saxon saint. The village of
Coln St Aldwyn
Coln St. Aldwyns (sometimes Coln St. Aldwyn) is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of the English county of Gloucestershire.
The designation "St. Aldwyns" (''Culna Sancti Aylwini'') is attested from the 12th century, and diff ...
in
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
is generally supposed to be named after him.
In
Bede
Bede ( ; ang, BÇ£da , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom ...
's ''
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
The ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'' ( la, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict be ...
'', an Aldwyn is mentioned who was abbot of
Partney
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Partney is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated north of Spilsby, and in the Lincolnshire Wolds. The village was the birthplace of Henry Stubbe, the noted 17th-centu ...
. According to Bede he was the brother of
Saint Æthelwine, who became bishop of Lindsey from around 680, and of Æthelhild, abbess of a monastery nearby.
1906 VCH article on Partney, with Bede's references to "Aldewin"
/ref> There is no indication that this is the saint of Coln, but it is possible.
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Mercian saints
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History of Lincolnshire
History of Gloucestershire
Bede